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USA- Assouline Publishing, the illustrated book publishing house behind such cutting-edge titles as Rena Sindi's Be My Guest; Theme Party Savior Faire, Chef Daniel Boulud: Cooking in New York City; Brooke De Ocampo's Bright Young Things, Lee Radziwill's Happy Times, Oscar De La Renta, The T-Shirt book, Hotel Stories, In The Spirit of the Hamptons, The Allure of Women and The Little Black Dress will release more than a dozen fantastic new titles this Spring, 2004. Inspired by art magazines and luxury publications, Assouline's graphic conception for lavishly illustrated books is replete with full-page pictures always aiming to maintain a proper balance between images and text. Their titles range from New York fashion to contemporary art; religious symbols to the jewels of the Maharadjah; French antiques to the history of wedding gowns reflects their passion for richly illustrated volumes. A collection of small gems encapsulating the works of designers and artists in an accessible and stylish format. Each is available at the Assouline Boutique at Bergdorf Goodman, Barnes & Nobel or fine bookstores everywhere independently or as part of a collection. For more information please contact Ryan Urcia via email urcia@workhousepr.com

FASHION
Ultimate Style: The Best of the Best Dressed List
Author: Bettina Zilkha; Foreword: Eleanor Lambert
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
Price: US$50.00; ISBN 2-84323- 5138
Hardcover; 9 1/2" X 13 1/4"; 160 pages, 150 color illustrations
Here, in this lavishly illustrated history of the Best Dressed List, is the story of how the list originated and grew into the world-famous event it is today. And, for the first time ever, fashion doyenne and Best Dressed List founder, the late Ms. Eleanor Lambert contributes her personal story on the subject. Founded in 1940, the Best Dressed List was her brilliant publicity ploy to boost the drooping American fashion industry at the outset of World War II. It quickly became a highly visible and respected barometer of style, a “who’s who” of the most glamorous women in the world. Eleanor Lambert founded the International Best Dressed List in 1940. In 1943 she founded the Coty Awards, in the 1960s she helped organize the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She is credited with introducing many of the 20th century’s most popular fashion designers to the press, including Pierre Cardin and Yves Saint Laurent. Bettina Zilkha, who has a background in writing, marketing and advertising, is the international contributing editor for TheTrendReport.com. A trendsetter in her own right, Bettina has lived in both New York and Paris, where she planned special events for the American Center. She is constantly on the lookout for new trends all over the world. Press please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For press kit, high-resolution images and book excerpts please visit http://www.workhousepr.com/assouline/ultimatestyle

Hitchcock Style  
Author: Jean-Pierre Dufreigne
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
One can think of the hotel in "Psycho," the house in "North by Northwest," the bachelor pad in "Rear Window," the perfect suits of Kim Novak and Eva Marie Saint, the blond hair of Tippi Hedren and Grace Kelly… Whatever element comes in mind, Hitchcock style does exist: all elements converge in order to prove the reality of it. Indeed, Jean-Pierre Dufreigne fumbled everywhere to find the codes and the entrance doors of a style that still kept secrets before Dufreigne’s study. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Mashariki Williamson via email
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Weddings of Style  
Author: Kalliope Karella
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
International jet-setter Kalliope Karella takes you on an intimate tour of 15 of the world’s most stylish weddings. With firsthand advice from the brides themselves and personal photos of the exotic locales (Bellino, Italy, Induses, Greece, Havana, Cuba), haute couture dresses, and elegant table settings, Weddings of Style will ignite your senses and inspire you to make your fantasy wedding a reality. Kalliope Karella, a contributing writer and editor for Lifestyle, Greek Vogue, and Elle Décor, was first exposed to the international jet-setting world of stylish weddings and parties during her college years in Switzerland and at the University of California at Los Angeles. Of Greek heritage, Kalliope was born in London, raised in Istanbul, and received a master’s degree in International Business and Politics from New York University.  Fluent in six languages, she was previously Christian Dior’s haute couture representative in the United States. She lives with her husband and child in New York. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Mashariki Williamson via email publicity@workhousepr.com

Diane von Fustenberg: The Wrap
Author: Andre Leon Talley Publisher: Assouline Publishing Price: US$18.95
ISBN 2-84323- 5243 Publication Month: Spring 2004 Flexibound; 6 1/4¾ X 8 1/4¾; 80 pages, 40 color illustrations
Assouline Publishing is pleased to announce the release of a new Fashion Memoire in time for New York’s 2004 Fashion Week, Diane von Furstenberg: The Wrap. With text by Andre’ Leon Talley, this volume unfolds the history of Diane von Furstenberg’s trademark design of sophistication and style. For over thirty years this classic look has remained a staple in the wardrobe of fashionistas worldwide with a new tailored look for today’s modern woman. Diane von Furstenberg arrived in the fashion world in 1972 with her simple knit jersey wrap dresses. By 1976, Diane had sold more than 5 million of her signature wrap dresses, which had come to symbolize female power and liberation to an entire generation. Almost 20 years later, with the nostalgia for 70s fashion at its peak, Diane re-emerged on the New York fashion scene with her signature wrap modified for a new generation of chic young women. For Serial Rights information, please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. Press requests please contact Lehua Chong at publicist@workhousepr.com or visit
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The Leather Book
Author: Anne-Laure Quilleriet Publisher: Assouline Publishing Price: US$29.95
ISBN 2-84323- 512X Publication Month: Spring 2004 Flexibound; 6¾ X 8 1/2¾; 400 pages, over 300 color illustrations
Images associated with leather range from the foul-smelling pelts that protected prehistoric cave dwellers from the elements to leather garments chiseled as finely as precious gems by such designers as Jean-Paul Gaultier and John Galliano. As a living material that¼s sculpted into unique relief by the body¼s own habits, leather has metamorphosed into countless styles throughout the 20th century, from the tough virility of the biker fraternity to fetishistic corselets that symbolize unabashed luxury or a return to the rustic. Anne-Laure Quilleriet is a graduate from the Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies and holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in the management of arts and luxury industries. She is a journalist for the daily edition of Le Monde, where she is in charges of fashion and cosmetics reporting and daily coverage of fashion shows for the Aujourd'hui¾ column. She has contributed to several magazines, including DÈpÍche Mode, Taste and Mille ModËles de l'Officiel. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. Press requests please contact Lehua Chong at
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Pucci
Author: Mariuccia Casadio
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
This exquisitely illustrated book tells the story of Marchese Emilio Pucci, who grew up in Palazzo Pucci on Via dei Pucci. In 1947 a fashion photographer for Harper's Bazaar took a photograph of the handsome aristocrat as he was skiing on the slopes of St. Moritz. When the editors of the magazine printed that he had designed the sleek skiwear he was wearing himself, inquiries from interested stores poured in. Inspired by the bright flags used during the Palio in nearby Siena, Pucci designed unmistakable prints using combinations of bright and pastel colors and geometric shapes on silk jersey, and fashioned them into dresses that flattered the female figure. The dresses were light and versatile, and the international nomads who started jet-setting in the early sixties found that they could pack a lot of outfits by Pucci in just one suitcase. Pretty soon Pucci prints appeared everywhere, on shoes, purses, luggage, billfolds, bathing suits, nightgowns, and bras and bikini underpants. In the seventies Pucci was elected to the Italian parliament, and he also began labeling and selling the wine produced on his estate in Chianti, owned by the Pucci family since the 13th century. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Ryan Urcia via email urcia@workhousepr.com

Cocteau
Author: Patrick Mauries
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
A French artist and writer, Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) made his name  in poetry and fiction, film and ballet, painting, theater, and opera. Influenced by surrealism, psychoanalysis, cubism, Catholicism, and opium, Cocteau was a promoter of avant-garde styles and fashions. His friends included such prominent figures as Pablo Picasso, the composer Erik Satie, the writer Marcel Proust, and the Russian director Serge Diaghilev. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Ryan Urcia via email urcia@workhousepr.com

ART
Robert Indiana
Author: Nathan Kernan Publisher: Assouline Publishing Price: US$18.95
ISBN 2-84323- 5251 Publication Month: Spring, 2004; ; Hardcover; 6 1/4¾ X 8 1/4¾; 80 pages, 40 color illustrations
Robert Indiana, famous as a pioneering Pop artist in the 1960s, and renowned for making his 'LOVE¾ sculptures, paintings and posters so famous that the United States Postal Service put it on a stamp, is this year experiencing a monumental comeback in New York City with a new installation of colorful numbers along Park Avenue titled „One Through Zero¾ and simultaneous shows at C & M Arts and Paul Kasmin Gallery. This volume looks at Indiana¼s hugely influential early Pop Art work, but focuses on his more recent and extensive work with numbers. Nathan Kernan writes regularly about art for such publications as the Burlington Magazine and Art on Paper. He has written or contributed to several books on art, including Apocalypse and, most recently, Chihuly Drawing. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. Press requests please contact Lehua Chong at chong@workhousepr.com or visit http://www.workhousepr.com/assouline/robertindiana

Gauguin
Author: Marc Le Bot
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
A precursor of Modern Art, Gauguin left France for Tahiti, where he nourished his work with Maori myths. "Noa Noa," his personal notepad of manuscripts, watercolors, and carvings has been discovered years after he left the island. For the hundred-year anniversary of Gauguin’s death, Marc Le Bot allows us to enter the unknown but fabulously intimate world of the artist during that time. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. Press requests please contact Lehua Chong via email chongt@workhousepr.com.

Eileen Gray
Author: Francois Baudot
In the early part of the 20th century, Paris provided a fertile ground for artists of all media and genres. The names of Joyce and Beckett, Picasso and Dali, Corbusier and Debussy ring with an air of familiarity. Yet Eileen Gray, by virtue of her gender, personality, or the social constraints of her times, has never received the acknowledgement and credit she deserves. As one of the finest lacquer artists, inventive designers, and competent architects of her day, this story of her life illuminates and personalizes the world of art of her time as well as gives a fascinating glimpse of the transition of this Victorian girl into a modern woman. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. Press requests please contact Lehua Chong via email publicist@workhousepr.com

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lynn; Front To Back
Author: Lynn Kohlman
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: April, 2004
Lynn Kohlman has one of the most varied and successful careers in the contemporary fashion industry. She began as a fashion model in the late sixties, appearing on covers of all the major fashion bibles, as well as advertising campaigns for designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Kenzo, and Missoni. In the mid-seventies, while working as a design assistant for Perry Ellis, her own photographs of male models attracted the attention of Andy Warhol. Warhol invited Lynn to shoot for his groundbreaking Interview magazine, which lead to a successful stint taking photographs for magazines such as American and Italian Vogue, GQ and Glamour, and as campaigns for major fashion houses. In 1989, she was hired as Fashion Director of the Donna Karan Company, and later helped Tommy Hillfiger launch his women’s wear line. In 2002, Lynn was faced with her greatest challenge yet: being diagnosed with cancer. Facing the setback with her signature style, creativity, and humor, Lynn has documented her struggle in this powerful visual chronicle. Featuring iconic photographs by Hiro, David Bailey, Bill King, and Bill Richardson, as well as her own work, Lynn: Front to Back is compelling, inspiring, and moving account of this incredible woman’s intimate journey. Model, photographer, and all-around creative Lynn Kohlman lives in New York City and Amagansett, long Island, with her husband, Mark Obenhaus, and their son, Sam. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Ryan Urcia via email urcia@workhousepr.com

M.A.C Deck of Cards
Photographer: Richard Lohr
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: March, 2004
First there was a deck of cards. Inspired by the irreverent imaging of M.A.C Cosmetics, the creative teams of M.A.C and Assouline got some of the most renowned designers, musicians, and artist to create unique body designs that became a provocative deck of cards. All the designs submitted were not only original and creative but reflected the individual personalities of the well-known participants. Models and artist donated their time and subjected themselves to long hours of nude body paintings, re-creating the images that photographer Richards Lohr has captured with his camera. The M.A.C Deck of Cards created such a positive reaction that Assouline decided to publish a book of these incredible images. As with the original playing cards, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the M.A.C AIDS Fund. The fund was started in 1994 and has raised millions of dollars through the sale of M.A.C Viva Glam Lipsticks to help men, women, and children living with HIV and AIDS. For more information please contact Tania Pringle via email press@workhousepr.com

Greek Beauty
Author: Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
Goddesses, nymphs, muses, or mere humans, women of all times and locations have always inspired sculptors and painters. In ancient Greece, these Cycladic idols were models of miraculous geometrical purity. Between fascination and repulsion, eroticism and damnation, Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter offers, with this little treaty, a complete synthesis of Art and Beauty through maybe the most impressive period of all times: ancient Greece. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Mashariki Williamson via email williamson@workhousepr.com

Indian Beauty; In the Spirit of Bombay
Author: Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
Ecstatic sole eyes, fertile hips, velvety breasts, and the sentimental, throbbing music that inspires languorous dancing—the films born in the studio of Bombay has giving rise to an aesthetic that can be summed up in three syllables that are at once sweat and percussive: Bollywood. A knowing dose of eroticism and kitsch that is not content with just invading cinema screens of the Indian diaspora, Bollywood has influenced fashion and has entered all aspects of Western culture. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Mashariki Williamson via email williamson@workhousepr.com

Moulin Rouge
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004  
Here is the first title of our new collection "Music-Hall Memoirs". Here is Moulin Rouge: the highly Parisian place, probably more Parisian than the Eiffel Tower itself, was the symbol of the extensive madness existing during the Belle Epoque. Christophe Mirambeau goes through all spectacular "revues" that have helped to build the Parisian nights. A tradition now which let us say: "Paris restera toujours Paris!" Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Mashariki Williamson via email williamson@workhousepr.com

TRAVEL
Africa: The Twilight of the Tribal
Author: Cyril Christo
Photographs: Marie Wilkinson
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
Africa: The Twilight of the Tribal highlights tribal uniqueness in the birthplace of mankind. This beautiful photographic dedication glimpses the essential face of Africa, which is fast disappearing from our collective eye and memory. Africa: The Twilight of the Tribal seeks to document and underscore the identity and beauty of the hunter-gatherer, as well as the pastoral base of the oldest continent. Cyril Christo is a poet, documentary filmmaker, photographer, and writer. His films include "A Stitch for Time," which documents the story of the Boise Peace Quilters and their collaboration with Soviet women in a call for global nuclear disarmament, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1988. His collections of poetry include The Twilight Language and Hiroshima, My Love. Cyril was born in Paris, raised in New York, and currently lives in Sante Fe, New Mexico, when not exploring Africa. Marie Wilkinson is an architect, planner, and photographer. After practicing architecture in London, Frankfurt, and New York City, she currently lives in Sante Fe with Cyril. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Ryan Urcia via email urcia@workhousepr.com

In the Spirit of Cannes
Author: Jean Servat
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: Spring, 2004
A as in Aga Khan… B as in Blue Bar… C as in Carlton, Croisette,… Cannes’ alphabet is a pretext to tell the history and stories of this sunny city of Southern France, in which, every year, the biggest stars just wander in the tiny streets. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Lehua Chonga via email chong@workhousepr.com

CHILDREN'S BOOK
Nigel
Author: Carina Axelsson
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: April/ May, 2004
Did you know that since the beginning of time all parks have been ruled by dragons? And that today the descendants of those first ancient dragons still wield power over a green empire that stretches across the globe? Nigel (His Divine Highness Prince Nigel Arthur Alfred George, Prince of Hyde, Earl of Kensington, Hereditary Pendragon of England) watches over a very special park, the most famous park in all of England. The Queen has has decided it is time that Nigel became king... but Nigel is scared of everything. He is scared of the dark, he is scared of monsters, he is scared of deep water, he is scraed of spiders and spooky noises. How, he asks himself, will he be able to control akingdom when he is scared of everything? This simple and sweet tale recounts how and where Nigel finally finds courage. A walk through Hyde Park will never be the same! Carina Axelsson grew up in the forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains in california. Passionate about European history and the decorative arts, she moved to France in 1995 and hasn't left since. When not drawing and writing, she can be found in the country-side, in museums, or jogging around the Eiffel Tower. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Ryan Urcia via email urcia@workhousepr.com

RELIGION
The Great Religions; Essential Questions
Author: Marc-Alain Ouaknin, Dom Robert Le Gall, Claude B. Levenson, Malek Chebel
Introduction: Bruce Feiler
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Publication Month: April/ May, 2004
The Great Religions: Essential Questions is an invitation to discover and better understand four of the most influential spiritual faiths: Judaism, Catholicism, Islam and Tibetan Buddhism. In his introductory essay, Bruce Feiler— the best-selling author of six books, including Walking the Bible and Learning to Bow— explains why religion has moved to the forefront of public discourse. Feiler, whose most recent book, Abraham, was featured on the cover of Time magazine and has generated interfaith discussions around the world, also explores the rise of interfaith relationships in our increasingly divisive world. Why does God allow evil? What is the hereafter? Is religion necessary? These are some of the essential questions to which the four authors, each representing a different belief, respond in a clear and accessible manner. This book offers a contemporary response to our spiritual questions while helping us to decipher the ritual and cultural symbols that constitute our heritage. Rabbi Marc-Alain Ouaknin is the director of the Aleph Center for Research and Jewish Studies in Paris. Dom Robert Le Gall has been Abbot of Kergonan in brittany since 1983 and is also the author of books and articles on liturgy and spirituality. A Slavicist and Orientalist by training, Claude B. Levinson translated the teachings of the Dalai Lama into French. Trained as an anthropologist and psychoanalyst, Mark Chebel runs the Ceériamus, a center for the study of Arab-Muslim culture in Paris. Serial Rights please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. For more information please contact Ryan Urcia via email urcia@workhousepr.com